Google fined €150M, Facebook €60M for for non-compliance with French legislation

Re:Google fined €150M, Facebook €60M for for non-compliance ... by WHA8m on Thursday January 06, 2022 @05:41AM (#29821898)

Can you elaborate why this is laughable to you?

This might be a shocker, but even American companies have to obey the local law of the country they operate in. Big tech runs offices, has infrastructure and profits of a huge market in those countries. All of this is leverage a country can use to enforce their law.

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Re:Google fined €150M, Facebook €60M for for non-compliance ... by unobatbayar on Thursday January 06, 2022 @05:59AM (#29822031)

Perhaps laughable wasn't the proper word. It's just that there is nothing anyone can do against Google or Facebook at this point.

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Re:Google fined €150M, Facebook €60M for for non-compliance ... by avianlyric on Thursday January 06, 2022 @06:53PM (#29832487)

France can just order local banks, payment networks and bailiffs to seize any money or physical assets that Facebook or Google have in France.

Or, if they wanted to go all out, could issue EU wide arrest warrants for top Google and Facebook executives, and start seizing their assets. I’m sure top exec at both companies have a bunch of holiday homes on the south coast of France they like to visit.

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Re:Google fined €150M, Facebook €60M for for non-compliance ... by WHA8m on Thursday January 06, 2022 @06:15AM (#29822164)

I beg to differ, but it's difficult for sure. I'm very thankful for people who don't surrender but continue to call out what is wrong.

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Re:Google fined €150M, Facebook €60M for for non-compliance ... by rado on Thursday January 06, 2022 @06:19AM (#29822191)

These actions will eventually snowball.

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